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Lanarkshire / Re: Carluke cemetery?? HALLIDAY
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 20:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hello ard,  I believe we share the same ggg grandmother Elizabeth Stevenson who married Ambrose  Dick! 
I am pursuing their daughter Mary, my gg grandmother.  Mary married Thomas Baxter in 1846.  She and her husband have a 'daughter' Margaret McIver Baxter on the 1871 census and is listed as being born in Baltimore Maryland USA!!!  Given that she appears 14 years into their marriage, I can only assume that they took her in??
Margaret married Alexander Sutherland in 1881 (Galsgow). Their marriage record indicates Margaret (Maggie's) parents as John McIver (ship steward) and Mary McIver mn: Dick.  It's interesting however that a witness to the marriage is 'Mary Baxter'.
I have been unable to find Margaret's US birth record.  I tried searching incoming/outgoing passenger lists to try to figure out who her parents truly were. 
I'm wondering if you have come across any McIver names in your research so far.

I'm not great on understanding all the ins/outs of this site, so I hope I get a notification if you respond to my post.

I see you are in Canada as am I. 

All the best, M/

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Walker/Bolton Marriage Record Middlesex 1877-1898
« on: Friday 20 July 18 11:15 BST (UK)  »
Thank you. That’s what I thought :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Walker/Bolton Marriage Record Middlesex 1877-1898
« on: Friday 20 July 18 00:46 BST (UK)  »
And the best way to check parish records for Woodford and Leyton is???

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Walker/Bolton Marriage Record Middlesex 1877-1898
« on: Thursday 19 July 18 01:28 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for responding.
The 1871 census I have is Elizabeth Bolton born 'Essex, Woodford', age 11.
First Walker/Bolton child was Leopold Arthur Walker, born 1880 in West Ham.
Oh golly, I know.. if she was married previously, I'm really at a loss I think.
If she was previously married, I understood that it would show both her past married name and maiden name on the children's birth records...


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Family History Beginners Board / Walker/Bolton Marriage Record Middlesex 1877-1898
« on: Thursday 19 July 18 00:34 BST (UK)  »
William Walker (b: 1841 Southwark d: 1914 London) son of Charles Walker, married Margaret Donolly at St. George the Martyr in 1863.  Margaret died 1877 in Bethnal Green.  They had one daughter Elizabeth b:1862 in Dublin (that's a post for another day ...)

William's 2nd wife was Elizabeth Bolton b: 1859 Woodford, Essex and died 1898 Whitechapel.
Census lists them as married and living in West Ham, Mile End, Tottenham...
They had 8 children together.  Birth records list the mother Elizabeth Walker as 'formerly Bolton'.
I have found many COE baptisms for the children.

I find it strange that the census records list William and Elizabeth as 'married', the children are recognized by the COE, birth records list Elizabeth's former name as Bolton, but there is no marriage record to be found from 1877 - 1898 (first wife's death - Elizabeth's death)

Would the church agree to baptize the children if the parents were not married?

I have searched again and again on Ancestry, Find My Past, Free BMD, BMD UK... using phonetics, same surnames, similar sounding, initials...

Are online records incomplete for Middlesex parish/civil marriages?

I am not in the UK and so am relying on online resources.  Is my last resort a trip to the UK to search records?

Any suggestions/help would be most appreciated.

Apologies for a very long winded first ever post 

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